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Chapter 1: BASIC CONCEPTS OF ELECTRICITY
- Static Electricity
- Conductors, Insulators, and Electron Flow
- Electric Circuits
- Voltage and Current
- Resistance
- Voltage and Current in a Practical Circuit
- Conventional Versus Electron Flow
- Contributors
Chapter 2: OHM's LAW
- How Voltage, Current, and Resistance Relate
- An Analogy for Ohm's Law
- Power in Electric Circuits
- Calculating Electric Power
- Resistors
- Nonlinear Conduction
- Circuit Wiring
- Polarity of Voltage Drops
- Computer Simulation of Electric Circuits
- Contributors
Chapter 3: ELECTRICAL SAFETY
- The importance of Electrical Safety
- Physiological Effects of Electricity
- Shock Current Path
- Ohm's Law (again!)
- Safe Practices
- Emergency Response
- Common Sources of Hazard
- Safe Circuit Design
- Safe Meter Usage
- Electric Shock Data
- Contributors
- Bibliography
Chapter 4: SCIENTIFIC NOTATION AND METRIC PREFIXES
- Scientific Notation
- Arithmetic with Scientific Notation
- Metric Notation
- Metric Prefix Conversions
- Hand Calculator Use
- Scientific Notation in SPICE
- Contributors
Chapter 5: SERIES AND PARALLEL CIRCUITS
- What are "Series" and "Parallel" Circuits?
- Simple Series Circuits
- Simple Parallel Circuits
- Conductance
- Power Calculations
- Correct Use of Ohm's Law
- Component Failure Analysis
- Building Simple Resistor Circuits
- Contributors
Chapter 6: DIVIDER CIRCUITS AND KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS
- Voltage Divider Circuits
- Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL)
- Current Divider Circuits
- Kirchhoff's Current Law (KCL)
- Contributors
Chapter 7: SERIES-PARALLEL COMBINATION CIRCUITS
- What is a Series-Parallel Circuit?
- Analysis Technique
- Re-drawing Complex Schematics
- Component Failure Analysis
- Building Series-Parallel Resistor Circuits
- Contributors
Chapter 8: DC METERING CIRCUITS
- What is a Meter?
- Voltmeter Design
- Voltmeter Impact on Measured Circuit
- Ammeter Design
- Ammeter Impact on Measured Circuit
- Ohmmeter Design
- High Voltage Ohmmeters
- Multimeters
- Kelvin (4-wire) Resistance Measurement
- Bridge Circuits
- Wattmeter Design
- Creating Custom Calibration Resistances
- Contributors
Chapter 9: ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTATION SIGNALS
- Analog and Digital Signals
- Voltage Signal Systems
- Current Signal Systems
- Tachogenerators
- Thermocouples
- pH Measurement
- Strain Gauges
- Contributors
Chapter 10: DC NETWORK ANALYSIS
- What is Network Analysis?
- Branch Current Method
- Mesh Current Method
- Node Voltage Method
- Introduction to Network Theorems
- Millman's Theorem
- Superposition Theorem
- Thevenin's Theorem
- Norton's Theorem
- Thevenin-Norton Equivalencies
- Millman's Theorem Revisited
- Maximum Power Transfer Theorem
- Δ-Y and Y-Δ Conversions
- Contributors
- Bibliography
Chapter 11: BATTERIES AND POWER SYSTEMS
- Electron Activity in Chemical Reactions
- Battery Construction
- Battery Ratings
- Special-purpose Batteries
- Practical Considerations
- Contributors
- Bibliography
Chapter 12: PHYSICS OF CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
- Introduction
- Conductor Size
- Conductor Ampacity
- Fuses
- Specific Resistance
- Temperature Coefficient of Resistance
- Superconductivity
- Insulator Breakdown Voltage
- Data
- Contributors
Chapter 13: CAPACITORS
- Electric Fields and Capacitance
- Capacitors and Calculus
- Factors Affecting Capacitance
- Series and Parallel Capacitors
- Practical Considerations
- Contributors
Chapter 14: MAGNETISM AND ELECTROMAGNETISM
- Permanent Magnets
- Electromagnetism
- Magnetic Units of Measurement
- Permeability and Saturation
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Mutual Inductance
- Contributors
Chapter 15: INDUCTORS
- Magnetic Fields and Inductance
- Inductors and Calculus
- Factors Affecting Inductance
- Series and Parallel Inductors
- Practical Considerations
- Contributors
Chapter 16: RC AND L/R TIME CONSTANTS
- Electrical Transients
- Capacitor Transient Response
- Inductor Transient Response
- Voltage and Current Calculations
- Why L/R and not LR?
- Complex Voltage and Current Calculations
- Complex Circuits
- Solving for Unknown Time
- Contributors